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| 7857362994 | Andrew Johnson | He was an "accidental president" who was an ex-Tennessee Senator, and was Lincoln's vice president. He was a Southerner who did not understand the North, a Tennesseean who had never been accepted by the Republicans, and a president who had never been elected to the office. Republicans feared that Southerners might join hands with Democrats in the North and win control of Congress. If the South ran Congress, blacks might be enslaved once again. To protest, Congress passed the Civil Rights Bill, but he vetoed the bill (it was overridden by a 2/3 vote though. Congress also tried to have him impeached. The impeachment trial failed by one vote in the Senate. | 0 | |
| 7857362995 | Oliver O. Howard | Head of the Freedmen's Bureau which was intended to be a kind of primitive welfare agency for free blacks. Later founded and served as President of Howard University in Washington D.C. | 1 | |
| 7857362996 | Alexander Stephens | He was the vice-president of the Confederacy until 1865 when it was defeated and destroyed by the Union. Like the other leaders of the Confederacy, he was under indictment for treason. | 2 | |
| 7857362997 | Charles Sumner | Radical Republican leader in Congress. He favored total equality for blacks. | 3 | |
| 7857362998 | Thaddeus Stevens | Radical Republican leader behind the 14th Amendment, which ended slavery. Absolutely opposed to Johnson. | 4 | |
| 7857362999 | William Seward | Secretary of State who was responsible for purchasing Alaskan Territory from Russia. By purchasing Alaska, he expanded the territory of the country at a reasonable price. | 5 |
